The Section V Class D representative to the Far West Regionals, Clyde-Savannah. fell one game short of the NYSPHSAA Final Four on Saturday dropping a 72-56 decision to Section VI’s Buffalo East at Buffalo State.
Buffalo East dominated the interior outscoring Clyde-Savannah 40-14 in the paint and outscoring C-S 21-5 in second chance points.
In a game that featured 10 lead changes, the Golden Eagles trailed by just 1 point at the half, and 3 points at the end of the third quarter. Buffalo East would own the final period outscoring Clyde 22-9.
Justin Allen scored 27 points and pulled down 20 rebounds for East while Willard Anderson scored 27 points, grabbed 11 rebounds and dished out 4 assists in the victory that sends Buffalo East to the state final four in Binghamton next weekend.
Marcus Chance Jr. led the Golden Eagles with 25 points on 8-20 shooting, going 4 of 12 from beyond the arc. Derrick Chance scored 19 points on 2-11 shooting. Dru Carnevale, who was hampered with a wrist injury, scored 6 points on 2-11 shooting to go with 7 rebounds and 3 assists.
Clyde-Savannah head coach Tim Jackson said, “We lost to a great team. We gave it everything we had, but we just ran out gas.”
The Golden Eagles end the season at 21-5 with a Wayne County League Championship and a Section V Class D1 Championship.
Marcus Chance grabs the rebound and goes the length for two. End 1st Class D @NYSPHSAA Far West Regional. Buffalo East 20 @CSGoldenEagles 16 pic.twitter.com/7m1LdcaG85
— Paul Gotham (@PickinSplinters) March 10, 2018
.@DandC High School Basketball NYS Class D State Quarterfinal
Buffalo East 60, Clyde-Savannah 50 – 5:00 remain 4th quarter
Isaiah Lee, Clyde-Savannah
@sectvbb pic.twitter.com/gBMDIFp17G— James A. Johnson (@jjDandC) March 10, 2018
.@DandC High School Basketball NYS Class D State Quarterfinal
Buffalo East 68, Clyde-Savannah 53 – 3:16 remain 4th quarter.Justin Allen, Buffalo East
@sectvbb pic.twitter.com/WzaSaunE94— James A. Johnson (@jjDandC) March 10, 2018
Willard Anderson and Justin Allen combined for 16 points in the opening four-plus minutes of the final quarter as the Buffalo East Panthers pulled away … https://t.co/9lrS3jxzU0 @NYSPHSAA
— Paul Gotham (@PickinSplinters) March 10, 2018
